Easiest Way to Prepare Perfect Vasilopita croissant

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, vasilopita croissant. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

This is a vasilopita (New Year's bread or cake) that looks perfect!!! Eating vasilopita is a Greek Christian tradition that celebrates St. Basil's Day, or New Year's Day, but similar traditions are present throughout Eastern Europe. It's traditionally sliced into at midnight at the New Year and served to each member of the family in order of age, starting with the eldest.

Vasilopita croissant is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Vasilopita croissant is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have vasilopita croissant using 12 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Vasilopita croissant:

1. Take 3 1/2 cups flour
2. Take 2 tbsp dry yeast
3. Prepare 1/3 cup sugar
4. Make ready 1 tsp salt
5. Make ready 1 cup lukewarm milk
6. Get 2 tbsp melted butter
7. Make ready 2 eggs
8. Take 1/2 cup sugar
9. Get 1 tbsp cinnamon
10. Make ready 1/2 cup candied cherries, cut
11. Take 1/2 cup walnuts, coarsely cut
12. Make ready 1/3 cup soft butter

Vassilopita is a traditional Greek cake or bread with a coin inside, named after St. Basil, which is made for New Year's Day. Vassilopita can be made in two ways: one is a sweet kind of brioche bread called " tsoureki " and the other an orange flavoured cake. The Vasilopita is a Greek New Year's Bread.

Instructions to make Vasilopita croissant:

1. Mix the flour with the yeast, the sugar and the salt in a large bowl.
2. Make a well in the center and add the lukewarm milk, one egg and the yolk of the second egg.
3. Knead by pulling in the flour from the sides, little by little
4. Until you have a soft dough.
5. Cover the dough and leave it to rest for 5'.
6. In the meantime, mix the sugar, cinnamon, cherries and walnuts in a bowl. Set them aside.
7. Divide the dough into 3 equal parts.
8. Roll out each part into a thick sheet of 30 cm diameter.
9. Place the first sheet into a non-stick backing tray. Spread half of the soft butter onto its surface and sprinkle with half of the walnut mixture.
10. Now place the second sheet, spread the rest of the butter on it and sprinkle with the remaining walnut mixture.
11. Top with the third sheet and place a small plate of 5 cm diameter on its center (in the photo it's a cookie cutter of that particular diameter).
12. Using a sharp knife cut 16 pieces, starting from the plate towards the circumferance.
13. Remove the small plate.
14. Twist each piece, spirally, turning it 3 times.
15. Cover with plastic wrap and leave it to rise for 15-40 minutes or as much as it takes until it doubles.
16. Beat the egg white lightly with a tsp of sugar and brush the top of the vasilopita.
17. Bake at 180°C for about 25 minutes until golden brown. When it cools, decorate the center with sweet cherries.

Vassilopita can be made in two ways: one is a sweet kind of brioche bread called " tsoureki " and the other an orange flavoured cake. The Vasilopita is a Greek New Year's Bread. It is made in honor of a beautiful act of charity by St. Basil to the poor and needy of his flock. In order to ensure that the needy would have money for life's necessities, and knowing that they were also proud people, St.

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